Build the foundations
Review authoritative identity sources, application onboarding, entitlement ownership and birthright access. Assess inherent risk, segregation-of-duties conflicts and data quality.
03 / IDENTITY GOVERNANCE
Every entitlement needs an explanation.
Turn access data into accountable governance. Connect joiners, movers and leavers with provisioning, certification campaigns and business ownership so access reflects current responsibilities and risk.
Discuss your challengeStart with the context.
An IGA platform is only as useful as its identity data, entitlement model and accountable owners. Governance needs to explain why access exists, how it was approved, whether it remains appropriate and what happens when the answer changes.
CONTROL IN CONTEXT
Access follows a lifecycle.
Identity events should change access. Certification and attestation provide an accountable check that permissions remain appropriate.
Birthright accessCertification campaignsRisk & remediation
HOW WE HELP
From direction to delivery.
Govern the lifecycle
Design joiner, mover and leaver events, access requests, approvals, provisioning and deprovisioning. Include service accounts and other non-human identities within a defined ownership model.
Make assurance meaningful
Shape risk-based certification campaigns, attestation, review delegation and remediation. Track exceptions and residual risk with evidence that business owners can understand.
THE CONTROL LANDSCAPE
Identity detail. Business context.
Joiners, movers & leavers
Event-driven lifecycle controls, birthright access and timely removal when roles or employment change.
Certification & attestation
Campaign scope, accountable reviewers, usable business context and evidenced remediation.
Entitlement risk
Inherent access risk, segregation of duties, sensitive permissions and exception ownership.
Governance beyond employees
Service-account ownership, workload access and links between AI-agent sponsors and delegated permissions.
FURTHER READING
Perspectives that inform the work.
DARK READING · COMMISSIONED BY SAILPOINT
Access exists. Confidence in it is harder to find.
The survey found limited confidence in entitlement management. Discovery, lifecycle controls and access reviews need to work together so ownership and permissions stay defensible.
State of Identity Security Survey · June 2025
Explore SailPoint’s identity research ↗ (opens in a new tab)About the research
108 cybersecurity and IT professionals at organisations with 500+ employees. Online survey, January–March 2025; administered and analysed by Dark Reading, commissioned by SailPoint.
Executive summary, p. 1; methodology, p. 13 (PDF pp. 2, 14).
24%
are highly confident in managing entitlements and authorisation
State of Identity Security Survey · June 2025
GARTNER
Governance extends beyond the workforce.
The 2026 Market Guide covers lifecycle and entitlement governance for workforces and workloads, including AI agents. It connects compliance, security risk and business enablement.
Market Guide for Identity Governance and Administration · 28 August 2026 (opens in a new tab)TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE
Technology in context.
Architecture and implementation experience across established identity technologies.
Active Directory
Directory services
Microsoft Entra
Access, governance & privileged roles
SailPoint
Identity governance
Saviynt
Identity governance & administration
And more. Technology choices follow your requirements, existing estate and delivery priorities.
PRACTICAL OUTPUTS
What we work towards.
- An IGA architecture and risk-prioritised application onboarding plan
- Lifecycle, request and certification processes with named owners
- An assurance model linking attestation, remediation and residual risk
An engagement that fits.
Support can cover programme discovery, architecture, a specific IGA delivery challenge or adoption planning. We agree the control objectives and delivery responsibilities at the outset.
CONNECTED EXPERTISE